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PIE, Proto-Indo European
a prehistoric unrecorded language that was the ancestor of all Indo-European languages
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Albanian
the Indo-European language spoken by the people of Albania
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Armenian, Armenian language
the Indo-European language spoken predominantly in Armenia, but also in Azerbaijan
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Illyrian
a minor and almost extinct branch of the Indo-European languages; spoken along the Dalmatian coast
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Thraco-Phrygian
an extinct branch of the Indo-European language family thought by some to be related to Armenian
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Balto-Slavic, Balto-Slavic language, Balto-Slavonic
a family of Indo-European languages including the Slavic and Baltic languages
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Germanic, Germanic language
a branch of the Indo-European family of languages; members that are spoken currently fall into two major groups: Scandinavian and West Germanic
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Celtic, Celtic language
a branch of the Indo-European languages that (judging from inscriptions and place names) was spread widely over Europe in the pre-Christian era
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Italic, Italic language
a branch of the Indo-European languages of which Latin is the chief representative
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Tocharian
a branch of the Indo-European language family that originated in central Asia during the first millennium A.D.
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Indo-Iranian, Indo-Iranian language
the branch of the Indo-European family of languages including the Indic and Iranian language groups
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Anatolian, Anatolian language
an extinct branch of the Indo-European family of languages known from inscriptions and important in the reconstruction of Proto-Indo European
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Greek, Hellenic, Hellenic language
the Hellenic branch of the Indo-European family of languages
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Gheg, Gheg dialect
the dialect of Albanian spoken in northern Albania and Yugoslavia
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Tosk, Tosk dialect
the dialect of Albanian spoken in southern Albania and in areas of Greece and Italy
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Thracian
a Thraco-Phrygian language spoken by the ancient people of Thrace but extinct by the early Middle Ages
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Phrygian
a Thraco-Phrygian language spoken by the ancient inhabitants of Phrygia and now extinct--preserved only in a few inscriptions
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Slavic, Slavic language, Slavonic, Slavonic language
a branch of the Indo-European family of languages
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Baltic, Baltic language
a branch of the Indo-European family of languages related to the Slavonic languages; Baltic languages have preserved many archaic features that are believed to have existed in Proto-Indo European
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West Germanic, West Germanic language
a branch of the Germanic languages
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Proto-Norse
the Germanic language of Scandinavia up until about 700
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Old Norse
the extinct Germanic language of medieval Scandinavia and Iceland from about to 700 to 1350
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Nordic, Norse, North Germanic, North Germanic language, Scandinavian, Scandinavian language
the northern family of Germanic languages that are spoken in Scandinavia and Iceland
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East Germanic, East Germanic language
an extinct branch of the Germanic languages
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Erse, Gaelic, Goidelic
any of several related languages of the Celts in Ireland and Scotland
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Brittanic, Brythonic
a southern group of Celtic languages
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Osco-Umbrian
a group of dead languages of ancient Italy; they were displace by Latin
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Latin
any dialect of the language of ancient Rome
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East Tocharian, Turfan, Turfan dialect
a dialect of Tocharian
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Kuchean, Kuchean dialect, West Tocharian
a dialect of Tocharian
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Indic, Indo-Aryan
a branch of the Indo-Iranian family of languages
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Iranian, Iranian language
the modern Persian language spoken in Iran
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Hittite
the language of the Hittites and the principal language of the Anatolian group of languages; deciphered from cuneiform inscriptions
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Lycian
an Anatolian language
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Luvian, Luwian
an Anatolian language
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Lydian
an Anatolian language
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Palaic
an Anatolian language
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Modern Greek, New Greek
the Greek language as spoken and written today
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Late Greek
the Greek language in the 3rd to 8th centuries
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Byzantine Greek, Medieval Greek, Middle Greek
the Greek language from about 600 to 1200 AD
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Koine
a Greek dialect that flourished under the Roman Empire
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Ancient Greek
the Greek language prior to the Roman Empire
